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Thanks everyone. I know it’s true but they grill me about it every vet visit when I speak to them, they made me so nervous about it! We’ll be moving soon (again ugh) and will have to change vets anyway in just a few months - so I’m going to stick with them for one more visit anyway since he’ll...

A little backstory - Toby always had a sensitive stomach ever since he was a puppy. He would usually vomit bile in the morning since he was a wee lad. We had tried a couple different kibbles but nothing stopped it until we began to feed him a freeze dried raw food. No vomiting, great potties...

I’m so glad we got him the vaccine. This may have been a different post if we hadn’t. The ticks here have been so bad - we didn’t even take him on any hikes this summer because the winters have been so warm that it’s really not killing many ticks at all lately. I’m hoping they come out with a...

Toby chases everything that moves. But he loses attention when he catches whatever it is (usually the toy intended for the cat lol) I’d imagine that he would stop short of actually catching a mouse and would most likely be content to just chase it around all day. He saw a frog once at the curb...

Unfortunately, I guess not everything is 100% But we can only do our best ~ I’m glad to hear that your little lady seems to be recovering well. I hope it continues, keep us all updated! Everything for Toby came back totally normal. We were just told to keep an eye out on any joint pain but...

For heartworm, we use Interceptor for Toby. It lasts for a month and it also prevents several types of other parasitic worms like hookworm and roundworm. We live in a housing community with lots of dogs and not everyone is diligent about picking up up after their pet (much to my dismay) Even...

Toby is the same though he’s mostly upset that he has to wait an hour later for us all to go to bed haha! The cat though is inconsolable about the meal time change.

What cuties! Everyone is posing so nicely haha

Thank you so much everyone! We went with Frontline because the vet said we could go a topical like that or a seresto collar. Since we have a cat and the two of them like to play bite each other’s necks a lot we had opted for the topical. We dropped off his sample this morning and the vet said...

Oh gosh, we are using Frontline. And we did have a couple stray ticks that we’d picked off him this spring despite its use. I figured, like everything, it likely wouldn’t be 100% (especially with all that fluff) But will definitely ask for a different oral medication when we drop his sample off...

Yeah, we are going to drop off a urine sample tomorrow. They assured us it was just for cautions sake which I really appreciate. I’ll definitely ask them about the antibiotics, that’s a great idea. They also did say it could have happened at any point in the past year - since he tested...

Brought my guy - 3.5yrs old - to the vet for his annual check up and for his heartworm/lymes test and it came back positive for Lyme's. I admittedly forgot his flea and tick last month. He doesn't have any symptoms and we've kept him up to date with the Lyme's vaccine since he was old enough...

A little late, I suppose but we’ve been having a similar hiccup with our guy Toby - he’s 3 now. I took him to the vet last week after his third day vomiting bile. And suggested too much stomach acid and prescribed him otc Omeprazol. But three days later, he’s still vomiting bile between...

It’s something I’ve already wanted to do for him for sure. And Orijen is such a pricey food that it really wouldn’t add anything to my budget. I was looking at the other supplements from Nature’s Farmacy. We already use the Dogzymes one for him and it’s helped him so much. I am totally...

Yeah, Toby is a bit bigger - coming in at about 25lbs (his dad was 30!) and we were giving him 1 cup. He just gained it all so quickly ~ almost 4lbs!! Once his itchiness calms down, we are at least going to switch him to Stella and Chewy, we think. My sister uses it and loves it and I think it...